AICS St. Patrick’s Day Celebration 2024
Sunday, March 17th, 2024, 2:00-7:00 pm
Our 2024 St. Patrick’s Day Celebration was so much fun! Thank you to everyone who attended, donated, volunteered, sponsored, advertised, and in any way contributed to this wonderful community event! Save the date for next year: March 17th, 2025. We hope to see you then!
2024 Photo Slideshow
We hope you enjoy this slideshow of some photos from the All-Ireland Cultural Society’s 83rd Annual St. Patrick’s Day Celebration that was held on March 17th, 2024. Thank you, Carol Cummings, for capturing the wonderful photos! The background music is the song “New York Girls” by the group Green Lads.
All the Info from the 2024 Event
Testimonials
- “The best party in town!” ~Margaret
- “I have attended events in Cork, Dublin, New York London, Los Angeles, and this is one of the best St. Patrick’s Day celebrations that I have attended. A special “shout out” to those who organize the children’s activities. My grandchildren had a great time.” ~Maureen
- “I attended this event every year growing up as a child, and it always made me look forward to St. Patrick’s Day. I continue to come back every year as an adult and bring all my family and friends!” ~Christina
Buy Tickets Online at Ticket Tomato
We are excited to announce that you can buy your tickets online in advance this year via Ticket Tomato! This will get you in the door much faster at the event, so consider buying your tickets online early. Thank you, Ticket Tomato!
Bar = Cash or Card
You will be able to buy drinks at the bar with a credit card or cash. There will be alcoholic beer and wine available for $5 each. Complimentary tea and coffee will also be available.
Meals = Visit Scrip Table to Get Meal Tickets
Meal tickets can be purchased with credit card or cash. Meal tickets will need to be purchased at the main Scrip Table this year and cannot be bought directly at the meal station. The Scrip Table will be in the front hallway, just down from admissions.
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- Guinness Irish stew with a roll and water ($18) — vegetarian option available
- hot corned beef sandwiches with chips and water ($18)
- cold Turkey or Ham sandwiches with chips and water ($16)
- hot dogs on a bun with chips and water ($8)
Snack Table = Scrip or Cash
Visit the snack table for soda, cookies, snacks, water, and Irish soda bread and purchase with scrip or cash. You can purchase scrip with your credit card at the Scrip Table in the front hallway.
Raffle
Visit the Scrip Table to buy scrip with your credit card, then visit the raffle table to get your raffle tickets with your scrip or cash. There are Green Ticket Items and Gold Ticket Items (high value items!). Gold Tickets are $5 each or 6 for $20. Green Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5. Drawings will be held at 5:45 pm – you do not have to be present to win!
Children’s Activities
At our event, we will have a separate room (much larger than last year!) off the main ballroom for children in case little ones need a quiet area to decompress or do some children’s activities. There will be face-painting, Irish coloring pages, legos, Irish story time, and chances to learn about Irish music and dancing! Note that no childcare is available — minors must be supervised by their accompanying adult at all times.
The very popular “Instrument Petting Zoo” from last year will return, too! Brought to you by our local MÓD Branch of CCE, the Instrument Petting Zoo will feature local Irish musicians showcasing their different instruments for the children, playing the instrument up close for them and answering questions. This was a HUGE hit with the kids last year, and we are so excited to be able to offer this again thanks to MÓD! We so appreciate them collaborating with us on this to bring Irish culture in such a special way to the youngest in our community. Learn more about MÓD on their website https://www.cceoregon.org and on their Facebook page @CCÉ Oregon.
New This Year! Professional Card Processing
New at this year’s event, all card transactions will be processed by hired professionals from Ticket Tomato. This will hopefully fix all the issues we had last year with the malfunctioning card readers! To that end, card purchases will be available only at certain stations throughout the venue, whereas cash sales will be available at almost all stations. Card purchases will require a $5 minimum purchase. All purchases will be nonrefundable, nontransferable, and not eligible for exchange. So consider bringing cash if you would like to speed up your purchases a bit, but if you’d like to use card, we’ll have you covered, too!
Cash = Quickest!
Like we’ve noted above, credit card purchases will be handled professionally this year and should be a much smoother and quicker experience than last year, but cash will still be quickest, so feel free to bring cash instead for your event purchases if you want to speed things up.
Consider Public Transportation – Parking Can Be Crowded!
With so many people in attendance, parking can be a bit crowded at the venue. Most parking nearby is metered, too, even on Sunday during our event. So consider carpooling or taking public transportation if you’d like to speed up your arrival experience.
Promo Video for Our St. Patrick’s Day Celebration
Spread the Word About St. Patrick’s Day
Feel free to spread the word about our event in your communities! Click here to access a PDF of our flyer (great for printing), or click here to access a JPG image version for easy sharing via social media.
Grant Funding for Our St. Patrick’s Day Celebration
Our event has received generous funding from the Government of Ireland’s Emigrant Support Programme. You can learn more about that program here. We are so grateful for their support!
Thank You to Our St. Patrick’s Day Sponsors!
Our event receives support form local individuals, businesses, and organizations, too, and we are so thankful for their contributions! Thank you to our Gold Sponsor, Neil Kelly, and thank you to our Bronze Sponsors: Ceili of the Valley, Irish PDX S&A Irish Entertainment, Rose Ann and Tony Ranft, the Shamrock Cruise, and the Welsh Society of Oregon. Thank you so much for supporting our event this year!
St. Patrick’s Day Celebration for Over 80 Years
This is our 83rd annual St. Patrick’s Day Celebration! Want to check out past years? You can find last year’s event here, plus check out our virtual events from 2021 and 2022!
Join Our Mailing List for St. Patrick’s Day
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